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About Me

Hello to all those who have signed up for MySpace before me.....a ton of them for sure. So what, I am a little late to the party but fun nonetheless. As you can see from my basics that I am a drummer/percussionist that lives in Nashville, TN. That's right, Music City, folks....and it lives up to it's name. I have been very lucky to be out on the road Backing up national country artists for the last 9 years. Between road dates, I pick up freelance gigs and/or sessions here in the Nashville area. In my spare time, I like to spend time listening to music (my constant companion), practice in my my new little makeshift drum room (thank goodness for nice electronic kits these days), go to clubs to hear friends or those I don't know do gigs (sitting in with various muso friends is an entertaining practice too-you never know what you're going to have to play), play some golf (Frustrating but fun), laying out by and swimming in the big cement pond, and hanging out by the lake across from my house. All in all, life is pretty darn good.

My Interests

Music, golf, jet skiing, road trips, movies.

I'd like to meet:

Are we talking...Living or dead; Famous, Infamous or regular folk?? I guess the two main drummers would be Ringo Starr and Neil Peart to thank them for their influence. If they were still around, the same would go for Jeff Porcaro and Larrie Londin.

Music:

Rush, The Beatles, Little Feat, Journey, King's X, Robert Palmer, Van Halen (Dave and Sammy Years), Bruce Hornsby, Led Zeppelin, Sugarcreek/The Creek, Police, Toto, The Producers, Tower Of Power,Parliament-Funkadelic, Steely Dan, Prince, Mothers Finest, Waylon Jennings, John Hiatt, Stevie Ray Vaughan and Double Trouble, Buck Owens, Pink Floyd, Dixie Dregs, Jerry Reed, Earth, Wind and Fire, George Jones, Eric Clapton, Jethro Tull, Jim Lauderdale, Jason White, Joe Walsh, ZZ Top, Marc Broussard, The Meters, Styx, Vital Information, Genesis, Three Dog Night, Damn Yankees, Vince Gill, Jamie Cullum, Level 42, Johnny Paycheck, Kansas, Jude Cole, Kim Mitchell, Little River Band, Maroon 5, Spinal Tap. ---------------------- These are just some of what l like. When you have 14,000+ songs in you iTunes/iPod, hitting random play is like sitting in the passenger seat on a trip that can take your thoughts and feeling in all kinds of directions. There is almost constant musical inspiration around me.

Movies:

In no particular order.....The Incredibles, There Will Be Blood, Boogie Nights, Almost Famous, Star Wars, Lord Of The Rings, Spider-Man, The Godfather 1&2, Goodfellas, Casino, Heat, Patton, Sideways, Tombstone, An Evening With Kevin Smith 1 & 2 (Yeah, Silent Bob), Usual Suspects, Quentin Tarantino films, Fargo, Caddyshack, Blazing Saddles, Scarface, Sin City, Standing In The Shadows of Motown, The Kids Are Alright, Anchorman, The Batman movies (except Batman & Robin), The Matrix Movies, Willie Wonka And Chocolate Factory (w/Gene Wilder), Ray, Magnolia, V For Vendetta, Love Stinks, Heavy Metal, Pink Floyd's The Wall.CONCERT VIDEOS: Rush In Rio, Rush-R30, Whitesnake-Live In The Heart of The City, Little River Band-Live in Melbourne, Journey-2001 & 1981 Live in Houston, Toto-Live In Amsterdam, Bruce Hornsby-Three Nights On The Town, The Who-Tommy Live, Steely Dan-Two Against Nature, Little Feat-Live at Rockaplast, Roger Waters-In The Flesh, Tenacious D-The Complete Masterworks.

Television:

Seinfeld, CSI, The Sopranos, Heroes, Studio 60 on the Sunset Strip, The Office, Entourage, Discovery Channel, A&E, VH1 Classic, Biography Channel, Any Law and Order, Inside The Actor's Studio, Family Guy, Robot Chicken....more to be added as I think of them.

Books:

About to tear into Tom Brokow's latest, "Boom" about the Sixties but I like music biographies mainly: Neil Peart's latest called "Roadshow: Landscape with Drums-A Concert Tour By Motorcycle." Just finished Alice Cooper's and Steve Martin's bio books as well.Magazines: Blender, Wired, Classic Rock (UK). Newspapers: The Tennessean and USA Today.

Heroes:

Joseph Campbell (Where "Follow Your Bliss" came from); Morrie Schwartz (from the inspirational book, "Tuesdays with Morrie."

My Blog

Those of you born from 1930-1979

My Mom sent me this and I just thought it should go up here....Enjoy and see if you can relate to any of them....I can relate to about all of them!!!! Those Born from 1930-1979 ...
Posted by Lee Kelley on Wed, 08 Aug 2007 11:55:00 PST

Sitting In Etiquette For Drummers

OK..I have fought with myself about posting this blog, but it must be done from one drummer to another (or a lot hopefully). I have, living in Nashville, just run into a lot of drummers sitting ...
Posted by Lee Kelley on Thu, 28 Jun 2007 02:53:00 PST

LASIK Surgery...I HAD IT DONE!!

After wearing glassing since I was around 7 years old (Isn't that 2nd grade??) and contacts since I was 16 yrs old, I took the big plunge and got LASIK sugery....NOW...NO GLASSES OR CONTACTS. I am 20/...
Posted by Lee Kelley on Wed, 06 Jun 2007 01:34:00 PST

Cirque du Soleil-Delirium

Hey y'all, I just gotta tell you about one of the coolest shows I have seen in a long, long time. Now, this is not your typical show that I might go see, but ...
Posted by Lee Kelley on Wed, 06 Jun 2007 12:10:00 PST

Dealing with Numbness in you hands...SCARY!!! i.e. Dr. Preston Wakefield...

Ok Guys, After so long of beating of drums for a living, a human being is going to have problems...well, mine happened this past weekend... I was out doing my ...
Posted by Lee Kelley on Thu, 08 Feb 2007 02:24:00 PST

Doyle Bramhall II--CHECK THIS GUY OUT!!!

(Listening to this guy for a number of years and seemed quite deserving of what you are about to read).... Hey you guys, http://www.doylebramhall2nd.com/ http://www.myspace.com/doylebram...
Posted by Lee Kelley on Tue, 14 Nov 2006 12:28:00 PST

The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame is a JOKE!!!!

After a gigging trip to Nevada, I read an article on the nominees for this years RRHOF. As one who grew up on Rock and Roll and now make my living playing with a country artist, I couldn't help but be...
Posted by Lee Kelley on Wed, 01 Nov 2006 10:54:00 PST

Gary Chester's Philosophies.

There are no limits to learning. If you are good, strive to be better. If you are better, you strive to be fantastic. If you are fantastic, you want greatness. And so on. It all depends on how hungry...
Posted by Lee Kelley on Fri, 08 Sep 2006 02:27:00 PST

Bruce Hornsby - Intersections 1985-2005

Ok, time for a little fan praise here. Not sure how many Bruce Hornsby fans we have here, but he has just release a career retrospective th...
Posted by Lee Kelley on Tue, 29 Aug 2006 12:41:00 PST

The Overselling of Flights

Have you noticed there is a lot of this going on lately. What are these airlines thinking with that. Don't we have computers now that should be able to prevent suc...
Posted by Lee Kelley on Tue, 29 Aug 2006 12:12:00 PST